Hey all New Yorkers I miss NY, moved south feel like I made a BIG mistake! (Union: mover, new home)

[ReniHope]

Even here in MA you can get the " Oh your from NY" or feeling as if your one of them(NYERS)...and I'm just 50 minutes from Boston in a well known area...lets face it no matter where you go NYERS have a sterotype and rap...but I think alot of people love NYERS because they are smart and have great senses of humor.

[INeedAChange]

wouldn't places like Florida or maybe out west somewhere be better choices for new yorkers? To be honest I was very surprised when I learned about this whole phenonemon of people moving down to the South. It would seem to me that NY/NJ style and southern culture are like oil and water.

Originally Posted by ReniHope

Even here in MA you can get the " Oh your from NY" or feeling as if your one of them(NYERS)...and I'm just 50 minutes from Boston in a well known area...lets face it no matter where you go NYERS have a sterotype and rap...but I think alot of people love NYERS because they are smart and have great senses of humor.

[jp03]

Originally Posted by 41Willys

Its ok if you retreat. We already beat there ass in the war!!

"We" ??? Wow ...you must be quite old .....

[jp03]

Originally Posted by MESIII

I moved to Charlotte, NC... for 30 days. Worst place I've ever lived. Strange people. They drive like psychopaths. They think the highway is a Nascar race. When they meet you, the first thing they ask is "where do you go to church" and they're all born again evangelicals.
It's was like being in the twilight zone.

Geez...30 days? Way to give it a chance/

[smalltownusa]

I'm seeing a pattern here: southerners can rip on NY like we're the plague (we're bossy, our snow is so much worse than their humidity, we're bossy, we're trying to alter their south, we're bossy...) but say ONE thing against NC and the pin's been pulled...I know there's a prevalent Rebel/Yankee attitude in the south as I spent plenty of time there visitng cousins as a youth ( and I'm wayyyy past that age) and always got a kick out of the decor in their house: rebel flags hung around like banners and these were educated people....and my aunt who was so lady-like, would even pull the "Well, you Yankees ......." when we evidently did something pure north of the Mason/Dixie line. Yet never ONCE have I, in my entire life, referred to a southerner as a Rebel.....is it genetic or ingrained? (maybe all southern babies are "gaa-gooed --- we hate Yankees" right from birth?) Is it really because they lost the Civil War? I'm not trying to be funny.....there are certainly negative attitudes passed down through generations and this may be the most overlooked one.....

And this is not a two-way street...I for one, am enchanted by the southern drawl and always ask in a most gentile manner where a person is from as I love their accent....lighten up countrymen, the war is over and we have a lot worse things in this country we should be battling than each other......a Yankee and damn proud of it

[NYer]

Originally Posted by INeedAChange

... It would seem to me that NY/NJ style and southern culture are like oil and water.

What makes New York New York is that there are Many cultures! that is why almost anyone from any where can go to NY and find a true home- it is harder for some than for others, but it has been done for hundreds of years.

Now, when you have people leaving NY for somewhere else, that is where the problem comes in, because the NY "culture" as portrayed on TV, is just one of the many cultures in NY, so, some people will fit in to a new place better than others.
As a NYer it is so hard to be shoved into that one box (it is hard for all of us isn't it, to be reduced to a caricature!)

People, turn off the tv, step out into your town, look for commonalities with your neighbors. If you both chose to live in a loft downtown, or a small house in a subdivision with a community pool, or a farm on a few acres, perhaps you are seeking the same things in life!

[jp03]

Originally Posted by smalltownusa

I'm seeing a pattern here: southerners can rip on NY like we're the plague (we're bossy, our snow is so much worse than their humidity, we're bossy, we're trying to alter their south, we're bossy...) but say ONE thing against NC and the pin's been pulled...I know there's a prevalent Rebel/Yankee attitude in the south as I spent plenty of time there visitng cousins as a youth ( and I'm wayyyy past that age) and always got a kick out of the decor in their house: rebel flags hung around like banners and these were educated people....and my aunt who was so lady-like, would even pull the "Well, you Yankees ......." when we evidently did something pure north of the Mason/Dixie line. Yet never ONCE have I, in my entire life, referred to a southerner as a Rebel.....is it genetic or ingrained? (maybe all southern babies are "gaa-gooed --- we hate Yankees" right from birth?) Is it really because they lost the Civil War? I'm not trying to be funny.....there are certainly negative attitudes passed down through generations and this may be the most overlooked one.....

And this is not a two-way street...I for one, am enchanted by the southern drawl and always ask in a most gentile manner where a person is from as I love their accent....lighten up countrymen, the war is over and we have a lot worse things in this country we should be battling than each other......a Yankee and damn proud of it

I think you are being bossy right now!

[mhogan10010]

I am from Detroit originally, and am now a New Yorker by choice (8 years). I did 17 years in the South. I stood it as long as I could, and finally left. After 17 years down there I was still a Yankee.
Ugh.

[smalltownusa]

Originally Posted by jp03

I think you are being bossy right now!

Hahaha...well there you have it officially! We ARE bossy!! LOL

[jp03]

Originally Posted by smalltownusa

Hahaha...well there you have it officially! We ARE bossy!! LOL

I was just kidding But I have lived in the south for a year now after 40 in New Yawk. The thing down here is the true Southerner does have some resentment, but the place has so many relocators from the North you can't even tell you re in the South. I'll tell you, wherever you live you make it happen. If you want friends ANYWHERE, you need to work hard at it. South or North, people keep to themselves.